Building Officials Institute of New Zealand

WELCOME to your new virtual home. Members can access their own personal membership area under 'MY BOINZ'. If you haven't visited yet, to login simply use your email and membership number.

Code Talk #30 quiz answers:

1. owner-builder

2. $200,000 - see 133AU

FAKE Standards NZ website operating

Please be aware that a website purporting to be an official Standards NZ website is operating.

www.snznzs.com is a SCAM

Do not transact on this site, or provide any personal or business information.

Job Vacancy

Building Consents Officer - Solutions Team (National Role)

We are a group of forward thinking professionals who are moving ahead and responding to the opportunities through-out New Zealand.

We process in-excess of 4000 building consents per year for over 20 Councils throughout NZ, as a result of ongoing demand we are looking to expand our team.

Whilst we are based in Christchurch we will consider applicants located outside of Christchurch who can work remotely and possibly travel when required.

We are looking for a current and qualified Building Consent officer with Competency and Reg 18 qualifications to undertake a variety of interesting work with ongoing professional and personal development opportunities.

You will be working with a team of highly skilled and competent building officials as well as work closely liaising with Managers and colleagues whilst processing building consent applications.

You will need the following:

· Good communication skills.

· Willing to go the extra mile for customers.

· Advanced current working knowledge of the New Zealand Building Code and Building Act.

· NZ tertiary qualification to comply with Reg 18 of BCA accreditation.

· Current experience processing or inspecting residential or commercial projects for compliance with consent requirements.

· Good computer knowledge as we process plans electronically and use mobile technology for inspections.

We will ensure you are surrounded with an experienced team of professionals that all work together to deliver a great service to our customers.

We offer full training and a great salary package.

For more information:

/jobs/listing.aspx?ID=7854429b-5d2a-448f-9eec-80f7a3358287

MBIE November 2020 Building Code Update

After consulting with the sector earlier in the year about proposed changes to the Building Code and analysing feedback that was received, MBIE has decided to proceed with the majority of proposed changes, with some minor amendments.

The improvements to the Building Code include changes to fire safety requirements and surface water drainage, as well as improvements to waterproofing in bathrooms, kitchens and laundries.

The main changes include:

• providing a new Acceptable Solution for the design and installation of stormwater drainage systems

• introducing a new Acceptable Solution for waterproofing in bathrooms, kitchens and laundries

Following feedback from the consultation, there was some concern about the fire testing protocols for cladding systems and the proposed changes to facilitate firefighting operations.

As a result of these concerns, we have decided that we need to gather more evidence before requiring full scale testing for buildings in the 10-25 metre height range.

BRANZ is conducting some research in this area to help inform MBIE's decisions about how to proceed. In the meantime, MBIE will update the Cladding Guidance document released in 2019 to align with the requirements in the Acceptable Solution and Verification Method.

MBIE will also be undertaking work with the sector to resolve comments on the facilitation of firefighting operations.

Find out more about the changes at building.govt.nz

Existing Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods will remain in force until 4 November 2021, a period of 12 months. This transition period is longer than the 4 months proposed during consultation. The timing is consistent with MBIE's new Building Code update schedule, where updates will be published in November each year, as previously announced.

To find out more about the Building Code update programme, visit building.govt.nz.

Continuing to improve the Building Code

Moving forward, MBIE will be updating Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods once a year, with the next consultation opening Monday, 5 April 2021 and running for 8 weeks.

BP Building Code timeline

Prime Minister Announces New Cabinet

Building and Construction gets a new minister. Hon. Poto Williams is the new Minister for Building and Construction. She hails from Christchurch and has been a member of Parliament for the New Zealand Labour Party since 2013. The Building Officials Institute of New Zealand welcomes the chance to work with her.

See the full list of ministers here.

Hon. Poto Williams

Schedule 1 Exemptions

The Institute recommends that all work under the new Schedule 1 Exemptions be undertaken with careful planning and consultation with appropriate parties to avoid unintended consequences.

Please read below:

Building work that does not require a building consent must still comply with the building Code and other legislative requirements, such as the District Plan, Electricity Act and Health and Safety at Work Act.

It is the building owner's responsibility to check whether a building consent is required. If the work that you are planning to carry out falls outside of the specified requirements, you will need to get a building consent. If you're not sure if you need consent contact the building services staff at Council.

Knauf moved to acquire Borals 50% share in USG Boral

Click here to view the communication

Facilities Management Diploma in New Zealand

ACRS verifies steel from source to site via unique 2-stage process

Ensuring that the construction steels used on Australian and New Zealand prpjects conform with relevant Australian and New Zealand requirements - irrespective of country of origin - is of paramount importance.

Notwithstanding potential issues that can result from use of non-conforming construction steels, strict 'chain of responsibility' legislation, wider scrutiny and increasing litigation, accepting materials that don't conform with all of the relevant Standards and Codes is an unnecessary risk for engineers, specifiers, suppliers, builders and ultimately, the public.

Using suppliers holding ACRS Stage 2 certification remains the only demonstrably effective certification pathway to manage project risk from finished steels not covered by ACRS certification.

More Details CLICK HERE

MATES in Construction

This week is New Zealand's Mental Health Awareness week.

MATES will be on the road through to the end of November, you can check out a full list of destinations below.

Tag them in and use the #MATESroadtrip2020

To check out destinations and register click here.

• Read more news